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My most cooperative bee fly ever. Is this Ligyra gazophylax? - Ligyra gazophylax
Copyright © 2008 Ron Hemberger

My most cooperative bee fly ever. Is this Ligyra gazophylax? - Ligyra gazophylax
Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
June 6, 2008
It posed on the ground. It posed on a leaf. It posed on a bush sunflower. Then when I came back an hour or so later, it posed again. A bit wary, but really quite approachable.

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My most cooperative bee fly ever. Is this Ligyra gazophylax? - Ligyra gazophylax My most cooperative bee fly ever. Is this Ligyra gazophylax? - Ligyra gazophylax My most cooperative bee fly ever. Is this Ligyra gazophylax? - Ligyra gazophylax
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 7 June, 2008 - 1:21pm
Last updated 7 June, 2008 - 6:05pm

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… Ron Hemberger, 7 June, 2008 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

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Yes, it is L. gazophylax. Congratulations! What a beauty! It's so fresh-looking, it may be just emerged. That may account for it's reluctance to flee.
… Andy Calderwood, 7 June, 2008 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID, Andy
I based my educated guess on one you'd identified earlier. The fly was photographed at a site where I don't normally see them. However, earlier this year, the arboretum had planted a wildflower garden - which I missed - and staff reported many bee flies there.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 June, 2008 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

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